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Cob cob / ceramicsJohn Schinnerer jschinnerer at seattle.usweb.comWed Oct 29 11:37:43 CST 1997
Aloha, -----Original Message----- From: David DeFauw [SMTP:davidde at hevanet.com] <...Any permitted cob building will need to pass the energy code. Cob houses are beautiful but it is not clear how energy efficient they are. Many say they are comfortable. Bring on the >scientific proof so everyone will believe it. ...or better yet, the "energy code" will need to expand its understandings to encompass the properties of cob and other thermal mass materials. Most "energy codes" I've seen only talk about insulation values and have no clauses for consideration of (nor any understanding of) thermal mass. I think it is silly to try and force a thermal mass structure into an insulation-based set of codes. Also, as Gregory Bateson so eloquently clarifies, "science" never proves anything...:-) John Schinnerer -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 2310 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.deatech.com/pipermail/coblist/attachments/19971029/dfd06fcc/attachment.bin>
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